Carl P. Paladino

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Carl Paladino

Prior offices

Buffalo Board of Education Park District

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Elections and appointments

Last election

August 23, 2022

Education

High school

Bishop Timon-St. Jude High School

Bachelor's

St. Bonaventure University

Law

Syracuse University College of Law

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Years of service

1971 - 1981

Personal

Profession

Business

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Carl P. Paladino was the Park Seat representative on the Buffalo Board of Education in New York. He joined the board in 2013. He won re-election in the general election on May 3, 2016. In 2017, Paladino was removed from the board.

While the school board is nonpartisan, Paladino ran as the Republican candidate for governor of New York in 2010. He also considered a run for governor in 2014 but did not file by the deadline.

In 2016, Paladino faced high school student Austin Harig who received the backing of local labor unions. Unions and other organizations got involved in the school board race in an effort to break up the majority faction on the board led by Paladino.

During the period of transition between the Obama and Trump administrations, Paladino was reported to be in consideration for a high-level appointment in the Trump administration.

See also: Outside organizations influence school board race and High school student versus New York politics

Biography

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When he served on the school board, Carl P. Paladino resided in Buffalo, New York. Both of his parents emigrated from Italy.

After completing law school in 1971, Paladino spent a decade in the U.S. Army; three years on active duty and another seven in the reserves. When he left the Army in 1981, he held the rank of Captain.

In 1973, he founded Ellicott Development Company. When he served on the school board, he was also the senior managing partner with Paladino, Cavan and Quinlivin, a law firm specializing in real estate law.

Paladino initially joined the Democratic Party when he registered to vote in 1974. In 2005, he switched his affiliation to the GOP.

Paladino obtained a bachelor's degree from St. Bonaventure University. He went on to earn a juris doctor from the Syracuse University College of Law.

Elections

2022

See also: New York's 23rd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House New York District 23

Nick Langworthy defeated Max Della Pia in the general election for U.S. House New York District 23 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nick Langworthy (R / Conservative Party)	64.9	192,694
		Max Della Pia (D)	35.1	104,114
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	233

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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Max Della Pia advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 23.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 23

Nick Langworthy defeated Carl Paladino in the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 23 on August 23, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nick Langworthy	51.3	24,450
		Carl Paladino	47.5	22,603
		Other/Write-in votes	1.2	570

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• George Burns (R)
• Joe Sempolinski (R)
• Christopher Jacobs (R)
• Mike Sigler (R)
• Hugh Bahar (R)
• Raymond Juliano (R)
• Richard Moon (R)

Conservative Party primary election

The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Nick Langworthy advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 23.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Christopher Jacobs (Conservative Party)

Campaign themes

2022

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Results

Buffalo Public Schools, Park Seat General Election, 3-year term, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Carl Paladino Incumbent	51.97%	1,636
Austin Harig	48.03%	1,512
Total Votes		3,148
Source: Erie County, New York, "Buffalo School Board Canvas Book," accessed June 2, 2016

Funding

Paladino reported $10,000 in contributions and $7,236.00 in expenditures to the Buffalo Public Schools, which left his campaign with $2,764.00 on hand during the election.

Endorsements

Paladino received no official endorsements for his campaign during the election.

2014

See also: New York gubernatorial election, 2014

Paladino considered a run for election as Governor of New York in 2014 on the Conservative Party line, saying, “If the Republicans don’t get rid of Skelos and Kolb, I would seriously consider taking a Conservative nod in order to put the Conservative Party on Line 2."

2013

Paladino defeated fellow newcomer Adrian Harris for the Park Subdistrict seat on the Buffalo school board on May 7, 2013.

In that race, Paladino campaigned for the removal of incumbent board members and the dismissal of the district's top administrators, including Superintendent Pamela Brown. After joining the board, Paladino continued to call for Superintendent Brown's resignation or firing, stating that she is "obviously incapable." He also filed two unsuccessful petitions with the New York State Education Department and Commissioner of Education John King arguing that Board President Barbara Seals Nevergold's failure to run for re-election in the May 2013 election violated board policies and state law.

Buffalo Public Schools, Park Subdistrict General Election, 3-year term, 2013
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Carl P. Paladino	79.3%	2,704
	Nonpartisan	Adrian Harris	20.7%	706
Total Votes				3,410
Source: Erie County, NY - Board of Elections, "Election Results Archive," accessed March 26, 2014

2010

See also: New York gubernatorial election, 2010 and Gubernatorial elections, 2010

Paladino faced Andrew Cuomo (D), Warren Redlich (L), Howie Hawkins (G) and six other candidates in the general election on November 2, 2010. Paladino lost to Cuomo.

New York Governor/Lt. Governor, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Andrew Cuomo/Robert Duffy	61%	2,910,876
	Republican	Carl Paladino/Gregory Edwards	32.5%	1,547,857
	Green	Howie Hawkins/Gloria Mattera	1.3%	59,906
	Rent is 2 Damn High	Jimmy McMillan/No candidate	0.9%	41,129
	Libertarian	Warren Redlich/Alden Link	1%	48,359
	Anti-Prohibition	Kristin Davis/Tanya Gendelman	0.4%	20,421
	Freedom	Charles Barron/Eva Doyle	0.5%	24,571
	Blank	-	2.3%	107,823
	Void	-	0.1%	3,963
	Scattering	-	0.1%	4,836
Total Votes				4,769,741
Election results via New York State Board of Elections

2016 Republican National Convention

See also: Republican National Convention, 2016

Carl P. Paladino
Republican National Convention, 2016
Status:	District-level delegate
Congressional district:	26
State:	New York
Bound to:	Donald Trump
Delegates to the RNC 2016
Calendar and delegate rules overview • Types of delegates • Delegate rules by state • State election law and delegates • Delegates by state

Paladino was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from New York. Paladino was one of 89 delegates from New York bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention. As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.

Delegate rules

See also: RNC delegate guidelines from New York, 2016 and Republican delegates from New York, 2016

At-large delegates from New York to the Republican National Convention were selected by the New York Republican State Committee and were awarded to presidential candidates based on the results of the New York Republican primary election on April 19, 2016. District-level delegates were elected in the state primary election. All New York delegates were bound on the first round of voting at the convention.

New York primary results

See also: Presidential election in New York, 2016

New York Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Delegates
Donald Trump	59.2%	554,522	89
John Kasich	24.7%	231,166	6
Ted Cruz	14.5%	136,083	0
Blank or void	1.6%	14,756	0
Totals		936,527	95
Source: The New York Times and New York State Board of Elections

Delegate allocation

See also: 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules

New York had 95 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 81 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 27 congressional districts). New York's district delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the vote in a district in order to be eligible to receive a share of that district's delegates. The first place finisher in a district received two of that district's delegates and the second place finisher received one delegate. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in a district, he or she received all of that district's delegates.

Of the remaining 14 delegates, 11 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the statewide vote in order to be eligible to receive a share of the state's at-large delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she received all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.

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